I turned back around and continued heading for the girls' cage, only to burst in on my worst nightmare. All the girls were gone.

"DAMN IT!" I cursed and looked around.

I took a moment to sniff at the air and started running in the direction I smelt Astrid. I ran until I came across all the girls being loaded into a truck, all of them either shackled or in cages. I felt even sicker at the sight when I saw Osburn standing there with Julock and Wolf, looking like he was in charge. And me being the impulsive idiot I was, went charging right for the cages (morphing into my more animal-like form that I had been in on my first morning of Chimera Life) and with a swipe of my claws, they were open and crumbling.

"WHAT?!" Julock yelled, panicked.

I continued to jump around, clawing at the cages and releasing whoever I could. I heard gunfire aiming for me and I think a bullet went through one of my ears; that was when I decided to move away from the girls to make sure I didn't get any of them killed in the cross-fire. Instead, I charged towards the gunmen, dodging bullets, leaving them gasping and screaming in fear when I got closer.

"YOU'RE A MONSTER!" One of the men screamed.

I scratched at the men's arms and hands, knocking their guns out of them and leaving them on the ground, bleeding more than slightly. I slammed my foot as hard as I could on a gun, ensuring to damage it beyond use. The girls gasped as I came back for them, releasing them from their chains and shackles.

"YOU BITCH!"

I turned around just in time to punch Osburn in the face, stopping him from getting too close to me. I jumped on the bastard's chest and snarled at him, "Not so tough when you don't have your drugs or whatever to get your opponents weak in the knees for you, huh?!"

"I don't know who you are, but you wish." Osburn snarled.

He made an attempt at a punch, but I blocked it and when he tried again, I blocked again. I dug my clawed fingers into his knuckles until all that was left of his hands were a pair of half-broken, bloody messes that had him screaming and whimpering on the flour, so much so that I didn't need to hold him down anymore.

I stood up and considered kicking him, but decided against it; I won't kick someone when they're down like this. It's not my style.

So instead, I turned my full attention on the men in the area, going down on all 4s just to see if it would scare them anymore then I already did; looks like it worked. The men started trying to run away and spread out; I considered chasing them, but decided against it when I heard the sound of guns clicking.

"FREEZE! You are under arrest for suspicion of kidnapping, illegal experimentation, multiple rape assaults and murder!"

That was a woman's voice; it had the kind of authority in it someone needed to be in the military, but it wasn't a voice I recognized. So I decided it was time to boggy. I ran under one of the trucks and returned myself to my mostly human form, completely drained of energy.

That's what happens whenever I change into that form; I don't know if it's because I've never actually had proper training with it, but it's always so hard to control myself when I'm in that form. There are times when I feel like a bit of my human identity was slipping away from me when I was in that form and it scared me to be honest; that's why I don't use it very often.

"Hey, I think there's someone under here!"

I lifted my head slightly as I saw a body drop down and saw Cromwell there, looking ready to scream, "CELINA!"

I felt tears form in my eyes as I was pulled out from under the truck by her and Comet, then tugged into the woman's arms. I hugged her back and cried into her uniform, focusing solely on the feel of her gently rubbing my back and stroking my ears and hair.

"There, there, Celina," She whispered soothingly, rocking slightly, "It's okay, I've got you. I'm here. I'm here."

"Mom…" I whimpered and didn't try to correct myself since I really needed to stay in this illusion for a few moments, to believe Cromwell really was my mother and wouldn't be mad at me, "I hurt some bad people and I…"

"Hey, it's okay sweetie, I'm sure you didn't mean it." Cromwell continued to sooth me, holding me close, "And if you did mean it, then I'm sure they deserved it."

"The, the man on the flour with the black hair and bloody knuckles he," I didn't want to hold anything back, not to her, "he tried to rape me and I..."

I heard Comet gasp behind us, but Cromwell didn't leave me go, "It's okay, Celina. I promise you that I'm not mad and I also promise you that he'll get what he deserves."

I continued to cry as I was held in my 'mother's arms. I heard all the commotion around me, but I wasn't ready to leave the safety of her arms; I was too scared, to hurt to go back into the cruel reality I had created when I was in that form. I needed to stay with her, just for a while.

So I did.